This research focuses on the long-term cognitive development of children, including healthy infants and those who had a perinatal brain injury. As part of this research study, children complete in-person games and assessments at UW-Madison University Hospital. Children will also take part in an EEG assessment. Parents will be asked to fill out questionnaires about their child's behavior and stress in the home.
Child-parent dyads will be recruited to the study.
Children 3-24 months with and without a history of a perinatal brain injury (PBI) will be included in this study.
Children diagnosed during the neonatal period with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy,
Children born at a premature gestational age (born at less than 32 weeks gestational age).
a prior history of brain injury
a diagnosis of cerebral palsy
a history of a neurological disorder
prior admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)